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- New Mural by SATR in Réunion Island, Franceby Bianca Duran on December 17, 2024 at 1:06 pm
During the vibrant Réunion Graffiti Festival, artist SATR painted a breathtaking mural that celebrates nature’s raw beauty and energy. Inspired by the crashing waves and striking volcanoes of Réunion Island, this artwork captures the island’s pristine landscape and spirit. The dynamic, smoke-like contours of the mural create a mesmerizing sense of motion, as if the...
- Dubai Fine Arts: The Unsung Heroes of the Middle East’s Fine Art Sceneby Bianca Duran on December 4, 2024 at 10:35 am
When we think of the art world, our minds often leap to the artists, galleries, and exhibitions that bring creativity to life. But behind every masterpiece hanging in a gallery or traveling the globe for a show, there’s a meticulous process ensuring its safety and presentation. Enter Dubai Fine Arts, the leading art handling company...
- Coverage: “Life in the Fast Lane” Tyrrell Winston Solo Exhibition at Volery Gallery, Dubai, UAEby Bianca Duran on December 3, 2024 at 11:10 am
Volery Gallery is currently presenting Life in the Fast Lane, the first solo exhibition in Dubai and the Middle East by celebrated American artist Tyrrell Winston. Opened on November 16, 2024, the exhibition showcases 10 new punishment paintings alongside two of Winston’s signature basketball installations, offering a striking commentary on the intersections of sports culture,...
- “Life in the Fast Lane” Solo Exhibition by Tyrrell Winston at Volery Gallery in Dubai, UAEby Bianca Duran on November 11, 2024 at 7:53 pm
Street art meets sports culture in Tyrrell Winston’s highly anticipated solo exhibition, Life in the Fast Lane, set to open on November 16, 2024, at Volery Gallery in Dubai. Known for his distinctive style that transforms discarded objects—such as deflated basketballs and vintage sports memorabilia—into powerful artworks, Winston’s pieces invite viewers to reconsider the beauty...
- “Tales” by Aleksi Ivanov in Bucharest, Romaniaby Bianca Duran on October 31, 2024 at 1:38 pm
Bulgarian artist Aleksi Ivanov recently brought the streets of Bucharest to life with his mural Tales, as part of the BSBSA (Belgrade Sofia Bucharest Street Art) project. Known for his multidisciplinary approach and public art interventions, Ivanov’s week-long visit was filled with creative workshops, an artist talk, and the development of this expansive mural that...
- “ORB” by SpY in Montreal, Canada, After Its Debut in Egyptby Bianca Duran on October 23, 2024 at 1:21 pm
SpY’s stunning “ORB” sculpture, which first captivated audiences at the Pyramids of Giza, has found a new home in Montreal’s Place des Arts. This work, blending formal simplicity with deep symbolism, explores the relationship between art, history, and urban space. The transition from the ancient Egyptian site to a modern cultural hub emphasizes its universal...
- Snik – Still Life – Manchester UKby Roland Henry on October 17, 2024 at 8:58 am
SNIK have made a strong return to Manchester’s Northern Quarter, unveiling a new 20-meter mural that promises to become yet another iconic landmark in the city. The artists, whose work last appeared in Manchester in 2018, have made a big move with their latest work, entitled Still Life. The mural aims to create a little...
- “Don Quixote” Exhibition by Ai Weiwei in León, Spainby Bianca Duran on October 15, 2024 at 12:39 pm
An extensive exhibition titled Ai Weiwei. Don Quixote will open at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Castilla y León (MUSAC) in León, Spain, on November 9. This ambitious project showcases a variety of works, including large-scale installations, pieces created with toy bricks, and films. Spanning around 1,700 square meters—more than half of the museum’s...
- “Animated Perception” Robert Proch Exhibition in Polandby Bianca Duran on October 11, 2024 at 1:26 pm
Together with Sainer and the Robert Proch Foundation, a retrospective exhibition, Animowana Percepcja (Animated Perception), has just opened in Robert Proch’s hometown of Bydgoszcz, Poland. Running until October 30, 2024, this heartfelt tribute to one of the most influential Polish artists of his generation showcases the breadth of his creative genius. Curated by Karolina Pikosz...
- “La Rivière Golden” by Hopare in Paris, Franceby Bianca Duran on October 11, 2024 at 7:48 am
In the heart of Argenteuil, street artist Hopare has brought a community-driven mural to life, celebrating the 150th anniversary of Impressionism. With the support of Urban Signature, Hopare’s vibrant mural honors the rich artistic legacy of the region while incorporating the personal stories of the Val Sud neighborhood’s residents. Titled La Rivière Golden, this mural...
- Our Top-selling Titles of 2024by Lost Art Press on December 23, 2024 at 3:17 pm
This year has been a good one – maybe our second or third best since we started in 2007. I won’t have all the numbers for a couple weeks, but to close out the year, here are our top 10 books in terms of unit sales. There are some surprises. We have lots of books...
- The Fox and Grapes on a Philadelphia High Chestby saucyindexer on December 23, 2024 at 11:00 am
Aesop’s Fables have long been an inspiration for carvers and “The Fox and the Grapes” can be found carved on furniture, frames and decorative panels. It offers the carver the opportunity to carve round grapes, grape leaves moving in a breeze, knotty trees and a fox with a bushy tail. In this example, on an...
- A Miscellany of 19th-century Tennessee Cabinetmakers & Chairmakersby saucyindexer on December 21, 2024 at 11:00 am
Well before gaining statehood in 1796, carpenters, cabinetmakers and chairmakers were leaving Eastern Seaboard states to settle in Tennessee. They crossed the mountains using The Great Road (also known as The Great Wagon Road). They advertised their services in local newspapers and, very fortunately for me, and possibly for you, these ads were collected by...
- Holiday Shutdown: Dec. 24 – Jan. 1by Lost Art Press on December 19, 2024 at 12:55 pm
Our fulfillment center and storefront will be closed from Dec. 24 to Jan. 1. So any online orders placed during that time will not ship until we return from the break. So if you want a book or tool shipped out before the end of the year, please place your order before Dec. 23. The...
- Woodworking Charities We Love & Supportby fitz on December 18, 2024 at 4:40 pm
Every year Chris, Lucy and I give what we can to a variety of charities. And we are picky. We do our research. And look at the records that charities file each year (here’s a primer). The following woodworking organizations are ones we have supported with both money and time. If you are interested in...
Maybe one’s to watch!
ARTBROWSER is an app for the discovery of ART.
Currently in development the app, and the team’s web site, offer you the opportunity to sign up for early release details.
The ArtBrowser team have two key stated aims for their new app service…
- Whether you are an art lover who knows your mind, or perhaps you have no idea where to start, ArtBrowser will open up the cosmos of all things art in an easy and enjoyable way – thousands of artworks by hundreds of artists, all at your fingertips.
- Imagine a complete eco-system: the most up-to-date art news, exclusive events and stunning exhibitions. For those intimated by it all, this will be the online space to comfortably learn about art in all its forms.
Source: https://www.artbrowserapp.com/
We watch their web pages with interest…it’s a big cosmos to grasp.
Experiments in Art from Google
A delightful sequence of new experiments in art and culture from the Google team.
The Curator’s Table: The link below will take you to page of micro-images that are arranged as if on a table, where you can zoom and select an image of choice to delve deeper into the original gallery or museum source.
‘Use the Curator’s table to discover new insights and connections between artworks.
Inspired by curators around the world, we applied the principle of laying out prints on a table when planning an exhibition, to our virtual gallery. Assets are animated in realtime. You can search objects, styles and artists, and view them in one 3D space’.
Source: https://artsexperiments.withgoogle.com/curatortable/#567.53,816.03,4515.73,567.53,-1.00,3406.53 Accessed: 16.11.2016
Discover more about the experiments in this TED Talk!
conversationsEAST utility rating: 10/10
From the Google Cultural Institute…
The web makes the accessibilty of art and cultural artefacts real, in a way unparalleled in human history. In a world fractured by political and religious dissent, violence and inequality, access to the internet gives the interested visitor a vast catalogue of human creativity and expression upon the click of a mouse or the swipe of a screen icon.
These internet archival resources, dedicated to arts and culture, are at once both ethereal and concrete. We wonder how this availability might temper the consideration of other societies and cultures in the generations to come? If I can ‘see’ another people, perhaps their artistic output prevents me from seeing them as ‘the other’. Art as a cultural emollient?
This new Google site is a masterpriece of execution and artistic assemblage. Bringing together, as it does, a curated range of items from over a thousand museums, galleries and archives from around the world.
Whether your interest is in Japanese woodblock prints, or you would rather examine a museum’s visual art offering in intense close-up, then this site offers you much.
You can use the Google art camera zoom function to minutely examine images of original pieces, then zoom out and read an authorative short article on the work you have just engaged with.
We really liked Julio Romeros de Torres work The Fortune Telling. Dating from 1922, there is a real feel of getting closer to the work than ever the gallery stewards in the Museo Carmen Thyssen in Malaga would ever allow you. See the work here.
We found there was a softness, an intimacy, coupled to a leaning towards faith that was both gentle and captivating.
You can also access a daily digest of interesting objects and images, as well as take virtual tours of selected museums. As tech fans we enjoyed our ramble around the Tsiolkovosky State Museum of the History of Cosmonautics in Kaluga, Russia too.
Whether an existing ardent gallery visitor or just setting out on your arts journey, there is much to admire in the Google Arts and Culture web window.
Source: https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/beta/ Accessed: 19.07.2016
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Minimalissimo isn’t so much art in tech, as art presented with tech! A new magazine where you can explore art, architecture, design, fashion, graphics and more.
An elegantly designed web site from the UK designers Six, the international content of the magazine presents the best of design in an easy to view, easy to use format.
We thought it was beautiful.
You can find the home page of Minimalissimo here. The link to their rss feed for automatic updates is here. Bring some design delight to your web browser.
conversationsEAST utility rating: 10/10
Hire an Artist – offers a very straightforward proposition. Find an artist from their portfolio/catalogue and commission a piece of original artwork.
UK based, this web service lets artists register and build an on-line portfolio for free and takes a simple low commission from the transactions effected on-line with the artist.
An arts brokerage, in effect.
conversationsEAST utility rating: 10/10 Free for creatives to register…
Monegraph is a platform that makes it easy for digital creators of all kinds to construct licenses for the commercial use of their digital work.
”Our system streamlines licensing, payment processing, media handling, and distribution of your work so that you have everything you need to be in business and get paid for what you do.
With Monegraph, anyone can buy and sell fully licensed digital media directly. We bring artists, photographers, designers and illustrators together with collectors, publishers, advertisers and brands”.
A service for artists and digital creators to build an portfolio of electronic products, to promote them with appropriate licensing and to sell to collectors.
Worth keeping an eye on if you are a digital artist, we think, even if you just register your portfolio name for future use.
conversationsEAST utility rating: 8/10 presently / Free to register, but charges from payment provider Stripe will apply at the point of sale.
Making Digital Work – A digital Toolkit for Arts and Culture…July 2015
This new publication just had to be included in this section of conversationsEAST. It has everything that Art in Tech is all about.
Creativity, design, project planning, audience cultivation and engagement, business planning with new tools and evaluation in depth from the digital domain.
You can read a longer conversationsEAST review of the Digital Toolkit for Arts and Culture here…
conversationsEAST utility rating: 10/10 /Free
Silk
This is etch – a -sketch for the 22nd Century. A deliciously fluid way to compose, create and mesmerise yourself with art, colour and movement.
Billed as ‘interactive, generative art’ you can swirl and sweep to your hearts content in your web browser.
You can save your creation to your local machine, or post it on all the usual social sites. Even send it to your art tutor by email.
We loved it. See more here…http://weavesilk.com/
conversationsEAST utility rating: 10
Google Art in Chrome
The Google Art Project. This is a Chrome browser extension which puts masterpieces of art directly into your Chrome web browser…every time you hit refresh.
A great way to read the captions, discover new artists from any period and style and to use the latest Google browser to boot.
Google Art for Chrome: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/google-art-project/akimgimeeoiognljlfchpbkpfbmeapkh
conversationsEAST utlity 10
Early Canvas
The web is full of portfolio sites, that is true, but here is one for the aspiring ‘early’ artist.
You can upload and import your work, be it a sketch, a photo or a scanned oil painting into you early canvas space.
The site offers you the opportunity to both show your work, but also to share it and make contact with other aspiring artists.
You can customise the design of your space and even, dare we say it, sell your work too. The creation of your portfolio space is free too, did we mention that?
Early Canvas: See more – http://earlycanvas.com/
conversationsEAST utility rating – Free and 10/10. (Like the design too, loads of white space…Ed).
London Arts Tube
This is a simple and effective, regularly updated resource for all arts visitors to the Metropolis.
London Arts Tube is a monthly on-line arts magazine, which can help you get the cultural and artistic best from your pending visit.
Whether galleries, music, museums or plays, amongst other things, are what you crave…find it on-line here.
Simple, free and effective. See more…http://londonartstube.co.uk/index.html
conversationsEAST utility rating: a bold 10.
Artspace in a post-Internet World
Artspace is a publication that offers some really facinating insights into modern art.
The development of technique with technological spread and reflections on how works will survive and resonate with viewers, or should that be users, in the post web space world.
The transmutation of art that’s based on the Internet from online-only platforms to materializations in real life leads to an interesting question: what will this work look like 100 years from now, when the technologies that these artists are using, commenting on, and imitating either no longer exist or have been radically transformed? Only time will tell.
Source: http://www.artspace.com/magazine/interviews_features/post_internet_art
See more here. Challenging, provocative and refreshingly disruptive art appreciation.